Using "except" in a sentence

Crazy like kicking out badly behaving celebrities? “No one except maybe some 90-year-olds came here.
Source: GQ

Everyone has spoken, except for Will Smith, who did issue a statement on social media apologising for his actions, and later checked into a rehab clinic.
Source: AS USA

The songs appear to have nothing in common except the core contested lines — with the 3LW tune repeating the lyrics “Playas, they gonna play / And haters, they gonna hate,” while Swift’s track uses the lines “‘Cause the players gonna play, play, play, play, play / And the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate” as the linchpin of its chorus.
Source: Variety

“The entire Arctic is hot except for small portions of the central and eastern Canadian Arctic and a very small portion of Siberia,” Thoman said from a warmer than normal Fairbanks.
Source: The Associated Press en Español

Now, the actor reportedly fears being canceled with many of his upcoming movies being shelved: “His biggest fear is that he’s in the process of being fully canceled, and there’s nothing he can really do about it except sit back, suck up his punishment like a man and try to atone however he can.
Source: Inside the Magic

Locator map of some Alaska sand dunes The vegetated dune at the Taylor Highway turn is small compared to some in Alaska that make you feel you are in the Sahara, except for the moose tracks.
Source: Anchorage Daily News

Just like Kyle Reese went back in time in the 1984 sci-fi to protect Sarah Connor and the future birth of resistance leader John Connor, theorists suggest that DiCaprio’s Titanic character was tasked with the very same thing, except he was ordered to protect Rose Dewitt Bukater, a relative of the Connors.
Source: Far Out Magazine

Also, though Sakthivel has no prior experience in directing, except for a few short films, I was impressed by his confidence and the understanding he has of the craft.
Source: The Hindu

Reynolds first joked in his speech, "I feel like I'm at my funeral, except I get to leave.
Source: PEOPLE

Not many details were shared in the demo or the press release on the technical aspects of the app and how they have managed to make iMessage work, except to say that they do not employ any “hacks” and only use the existing methods that these messaging companies already have in place.
Source: Chrome Unboxed

  King Charles will 'close the door' on Prince Harry if he criticises Camilla in his new book Spare, a royal expert has warned If the Duke of Sussex is 'too critical of Camilla' or 'places too much blame at Charles's door', he will pass the 'point of no return''King Charles would pretty much forgive Harry for anything – except dragging Camilla through the mud.
Source: Daily Mail

Thanks to support for Apple Pencil, you can write down stuff as you would on paper, except it's way smoother.
Source: Wccftech

NO Unauthorized vending or selling of any productsNO Glass of any kind except handheld mirrors under 12″x12″.
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1 for iPad, except that iPadOS 16.
Source: OSXDaily

  One such solution is ocean rewilding, which is essentially the same concept as tree planting and ecosystem restoration on land, except for marine life.
Source: Sentient Media

Each chapter, except for the last (“Hope”), homes in on difficulties we all must confront, among them infirmity, failure—and grief.
Source: Nautilus Nautilus Magazine

The first version, Resume Star: Pro CV Maker, which is the same except for the iCloud connection, had a 4.
Source: CNET

According to the scalar field hypothesis, ultralight dark matter behaves more like waves than particles, and it interacts extremely weakly (possibly not at all) with normal matter except through gravity.
Source: The Daily Galaxy --Great Discoveries Channel

As with all the sciaenids except mature sea mullet, they produce that iconic drumming sound by rapping a muscle against their swim bladder.
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The dogs and cats can’t speak for themselves on these issues, except with their actions at feeding time.
Source: MassLive.com

It’s a Janus-faced bit of business, except each face represents tragedy.
Source: The Denver Post

No problem at the time, except that when the PPP was launched, the banks said basically, we're not going to give a hip loan to non-customers.
Source: Downside Up Podcast on CNN Audio CNN

TILA and Regulation Z do not preempt state laws except to the extent that a state law is inconsistent with TILA or Regulation Z and only to the extent of the inconsistency.
Source: Husch Blackwell

But I also love the everyday magic of pulling a recipe off the shelf and creating something good, alone, knowing nothing except that I am no better at this than anyone else.
Source: Eater

And one shouldn't work on anything except plastic for the body, considered the cost cutting could help.
Source: GSMArena.com news GSMArena.com

That isn't the case for HIV, which is incurable except in the case of a few experimental patients.
Source: Salon

The new game, out now in Early Access, combines the life-sim gameplay of Animal Crossing and Stardew Valley except with a deadly combination of famous Disney characters, films, and worlds.
Source: Kotaku

coli MG1655 provided various degrees of protection against all phages assayed (except for T5), which could be seen by the absence or delay of cell culture collapse upon infection with phages (Fig.
Source: Nature.com

The original Mac OS was a lot like macOS today, except smaller, simpler, and black and white only: The first step in your 3D printed Mac journey is to find a 3D model of the Mac case you want to use.
Source: AppleInsider

The effort to court swing voters in partisan general elections through persuasion (as opposed to fielding a candidate who simply attracts this group) appears to rarely work without a strong ground game and other innovative tactics: there are just too few persuadable voters left, except in unusual races or with particularly careful targeting efforts.
Source: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

] We’re still operating like a startup, except at that Cisco scale.
Source: TechRadar

What is “It’s a Wonderful Binge” about?The new holiday comedy, previously known as “The Binge 2: It’s a Wonderful Binge,” is a sequel to 2020′s “The Binge,” a sort-of spoof of “The Purge” set in the near future where drugs and alcohol are banned except for one day a year.
Source: syracuse.com

The Midwest FurFest welcomed thousands of participants from over 50 countries spanning every continent except Alaska, the convention said.
Source: New York Post

Everywhere except in the yellow region, dark matter produced by such means would be guaranteed to not thermalize with the rest of the early Universe.
Source: Big Think

The company undertakes no obligation to release publicly any revisions to any forward-looking statements, except as required by law.
Source: NBC News

Netflix US has carried the show since 2014, with new seasons arriving every year thereafter (except season 10, which was delayed due to COVID-19).
Source: What's on Netflix

Waithe’s script is first draft material, with on-the-nose dialogue awkwardly affected by all except Nash, who is doing her best to elevate listless material and flesh out a character stuck in an abusive marriage and perpetually adjacent to the spotlight.
Source: The Guardian

This [raises] a few questions: Who were Hirst and Brault? Why was the road named for them? And who, except perhaps for members of the Hirst and Brault families and a couple of employees of MWAA, know that’s the road’s other name? I’ve lived in the area a long time but have never seen a sign mentioning Hirst or Brault.
Source: The Washington Post

Such fossils have been found on all continents except Antarctica.
Source: Ynetnews

Performed on every Iron Maiden tour – except the Maiden England World Tour and The Book of Souls World Tour – for the past four decades, the Steve Harris penned seven-minute epic details the macabre story of a prisoner about the be hanged.
Source: Planetradio.co.uk

The audio advantage is worth the extra quid for the Individual plan, however, if you opt for the Family or Student package, you’re paying no more money than you would be for Spotify, except the listening experience will be better.
Source: RadioTimes

"Technically, it was 90% cheers & 10% boos (except during quiet periods), but, still, that’s a lot of boos, which is a first for me in real life (frequent on Twitter)," Musk posted.
Source: The Cincinnati Enquirer

Throughout the history of the world championships, no Arab country has hosted the tournament except Egypt in 1939, and it was the second time in Qatar.
Source: The Peninsula

I did a signing to which Nobody came, except a guy who wanted to buy some Scotch tape and thought I was the help.
Source: In The Know

I do play with everyone [laughs] — except for them.
Source: Boing Boing

You’d say he’s not wrong – the Panthers could have staggered their rep players’ holidays over the next few weeks – except the score is really all that matters, and on that count, Penrith finished 18-16 ahead.
Source: The Roar

I didn’t know anything about quilts except I had heard some women talking about having made quilts as teenagers and entering them into the State Fair.
Source: Duluth News Tribune

It made sense to think he’d sign for less than Springer, because he’s also a 30-year-old free agent, except his track record is even more injury-marred.
Source: Sox Machine

That normally wouldn’t be a problem for a cat with nine lives, except that Puss has now lost eight of them.
Source: Hollywood Reporter

"I don't really know where to start with her except trying to turn her on to some type of food educational information.
Source: am I right to be concerned' The Mirror

The Corporation is under no obligation, and expressly disclaims any intention or obligation, to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as expressly required by applicable law.
Source: Yahoo Finance

Months before Hank Garland’s death in December 2004, a federal judge dismissed all counts except one.
Source: Los Angeles Times

It was all comically humourless, except for John O’Farrell in his Utterly Impartial History of Britain, who said Braveheart could not have been more historically inaccurate if a Plasticine dog had been inserted in the film and the title changed to William Wallace and Gromit.
Source: HeraldScotland

'” Related 'Spoiler Alert' Shows Promise as Awards Movies Flounder Luca Guadagnino and Trent Reznor on the Americana Influences that Shaped the Music of 'Bones and All' Related The Best TV Shows of 2022 Oscars 2023: Best Original Song Predictions “Can a donkey remember? Just ask Isabelle Huppert, who pops up in this movie for no apparent reason except that she’s the best actress in the world,” Waters quipped.
Source: IndieWire

Our regular meetings are held on the third Thursday of each month, except December, from 2.
Source: Lymington.com

“Because they’re rare, this is almost like grand theft auto except it’s grand theft tortoise now,” Brueggen said.
Source: WFLA

The show simply wouldn’t be the same without him – and nobody else could play the part except long-time Lynch collaborator, Kyle MacLachlan.
Source: Brig Newspaper

9 Oovee subsequently released a game featuring a vehicle that was promoted as using "articulating steering like the K-700," along with a disclaimer that any similarities to real-world vehicles are merely coincidental and vehicles in the game are fictitious "except where licensed.
Source: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

We knew they had won three on the bounce before this one except for the Baa-Baas, but we don’t really count that because they were kicking for poles in that game which was obscene actually.
Source: RugbyPass

They mostly blur together, standing for nothing really, except the cautious calculations of a certain slice of corporate and civic culture.
Source: The New York Times

The cowls and rent shawls and wrist warmers will leave you speechless except for two words … both of them hubba.
Source: The Guardian

It’s a shame that you don’t have any other groups to join – except that (according to you) you do.
Source: Detroit Free Press

You could field your all-star weekend through a fan vote, or a combination of superior play plus a fan vote, and basically arrive at the PIP -- except you would be monetizing it, and it wouldn't function as a top-secret endeavor.
Source: CBS Sports

The structure measuring 14 feet long and 6 feet high and weighing 1400 pounds was made of completely edible materials except for the lights.
Source: CT Insider

She’s a grade ahead of me, meaning I don’t see her often or have many chances to talk to her during school except for the occasional chance meeting.
Source: The Santa Rosa Press Democrat

Dents worked at San Diego Rep from 2007 until it closed in June, except for his two-year stint at Tessitura.
Source: The San Diego Union-Tribune

Things to know about the Galaxy Tab S7+ / Tab S8+ The Galaxy Tab S7+ (2020) and the Galaxy Tab S8+ (2022) are essentially the same as their non-Plus counterparts, except for a few key differences.
Source: SamMobile Samsung news

We don’t know these people (except for two of them), and so my husband said no, because we had two newborn babies coming, but mainly we think it was very impolite for our niece and nephew to ask.
Source: The Washington Post

The PRESS Act would bar the government from seizing records from journalists or their phone and internet providers except in a few emergency situations.
Source: Chicago Sun-Times

PieceworkPiecework Power Lunch Puzzle$38 at PieceworkIt’s like gifting a work of art — except that your host will feel no sense of obligation to hang it permanently on the wall.
Source: VICE

This week, many of us saw our social media feeds taken over by colorful, surreal pictures of people we follow, except they don’t quite look like themselves.
Source: Engadget

All of these effects, except for the options under the “More Tools” section, can be added to clips in the timeline by performing a drag and drop gesture.
Source: Make Tech Easier

The last few days have been quite ugly (except for the bravery and certain successes of the defenders), and I feel all the more bitter about it as my own country was dragged into this by a lunatic decrepit usurper - on the aggressor's side against our other longtime neighbour and hard times supporter, no less! 😓 Pray this madness may be over soon, with at least the fewest casualties possible and certainly without Ukraine being morphed into a shade of its former self - but then again, knowing Ukranians, it ultimately won't.
Source: Brown University Athletics

They play pop-punk, except sometimes they don’t, and they’re really funny, expect sometimes they aren’t, and, well, yeah, there’s a lot going on.
Source: Louder

So you'd be better off replaying final fantasy mystic quest That's a completely different game, different cast, different story, different everything except world.
Source: Windows Central

That is all well and good except for the fact most states have had similar unprecedented surpluses.
Source: Mississippi Today

 Everyone knows the secret word – except for the player with the Chameleon card.
Source: Daily Mail

Pros Foot powered pump left my hands free while in useIntuitive design Cons ExpensiveNot as much water pressure as other pumps in my test Product Description  The NEMO Helio operates off a similar mechanism as the Decathlon Quechua Solar Pressure Shower 500, except that instead of pressurizing via a topside pump plunger, it uses a foot pump connected to the main body by a short tube.
Source: Outdoor Life

Cons: Its production uses almost as much water as almond milk, and its greenhouse gas emissions outstrip everything except dairy, largely because the bacteria that grow in paddy fields emit a lot of methane.
Source: National Geographic

  All of these players except Fletcher have already debuted in the majors, and since the D’Backs are prioritizing players who can help them immediately, Arizona might prefer a more established player rather than another up-and-comer from Cincy’s farm system.
Source: MLB Trade Rumors

 Like Musk, Coinbase had no good options except to pull the feature and gripe about it on Twitter.
Source: NDTV

Still, we read:Difficult as their marriage had been, it had lasted 63 years, and those who loved them would think of their nightly routine, which Jones managed to keep going except in the very darkest times, of their lying beside one another in bed and reading jointly, and silently, the novels of Angela Brazil.
Source: The New York Times

"Reasonable enough, I suppose, except that the shutdown meant the loss of access to DLC for the impacted games.
Source: PC Gamer

Will Kylian Mbappe run riot as he has through almost all the tournament, fed by the irrepressible Ousmane Dembele and the clever coaxing of Antoine Griezmann from his new midfield brief? Will Kyle Walker cope and can Harry Kane, as supplier and scorer alike, impose himself on the reigning world champions?The glitzy scene will feel about as far removed from that distant, freezing scrap of windswept land as is imaginable except that, like the kickabout in the Pas-de-Calais, this occasion will actually paint an alternative picture of migration.
Source: The Athletic

We recently reported on a study that showed abysmal uptime at every charging network except Tesla’s – mainly due to chargers being down.
Source: Electrek.co

Residents in those neighborhoods are forbidden to leave their homes except for Covid testing, which they are required to undergo daily until Thursday.
Source: CNN

In Google Sheets: Follow the same instructions as above, except the shortcut to add a row or column is Control + Alt + Shift + = for PC and Control + Option + Shift + = for Mac.
Source: Morning Brew

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